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I have a vnet that is stuck in a failed state so i can't change it or delete it:
Set-AzVirtualNetwork: Virtual Network vnet-test-lab can not be updated when deletion was attempted earlier.
StatusCode: 400
ReasonPhrase:
ErrorCode: VnetCannotGetUpdatedWhenDeletionWasAttemptedEarlier
ErrorMessage: Virtual Network vnet-test can not be updated when deletion was attempted earlier.
And
¨Remove-AzVirtualNetwork: Long running operation failed with status 'Failed'. Additional Info:'An error occurred.'
StatusCode: 200
ReasonPhrase:
Status: Failed
ErrorCode: InternalServerError
ErrorMessage: An error occurred.
An Azure networking service that is used to provision private networks and optionally to connect to on-premises datacenters.
The issues was resolved after i created a ticket and the engineering team fixed something i the backend.
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The error VnetCannotGetUpdatedWhenDeletionWasAttemptedEarlier indicates the VNet is stuck in an incomplete or failed deletion state.
Hi! I have check all dependent resources and they are gone. In the activity log i found the first delete attempt that failed (there was a nic from a private endpoint still connected, but that nic is now gone). I have tried deleting with portal, cli and powershell but still the same error. I also waited a day but still the same error. As fare as i can see this is a backend resource state issue that microsoft needs to fix.
Since you have already removed all dependencies and repeated the deletion through both Portal and PowerShell, there are no additional customer-side remediation steps available. The remaining checks would be to verify that no resource locks exist and retry after some time. If the issue persists, the VNet is likely stuck in a backend deletion state and will require intervention from the Azure networking engineering team.